Luggage-carrier for bicycles



(No Model.)

H. J. M. BAKER, LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR BIGYGLES.

No. 595,517. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

WITNESSES. IIVVE/VTOH "fi/ D I I A A Q QQWW "W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD JAMES MANNING BAKER, OF PORT TOW'NSEND, WASHINGTON.

LUGGA GE cARRlER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,517, dated December 14, 1897.

Application filed March 1 3, 1 8 9 7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAROLD JAMES MAN- NING BAKER, of Port Townsend, in the county of J efierson and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Luggage-Oarrier for Bicycles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in the class of bicycle luggage or package carriers which are constructed of wire and adapted to be at tached to the handle-bar of the machine.

The object of my invention is to provide a carrier which shall be simpler and cheaper in construction, also smaller or more compact than others of its class, so that it may be conveniently carried in a coat-pocket, and'which may be attached and detached by an easy and rapid manipulation, yet will retain its place on the machine without the aid of supplemental fastenings. To these ends I have adopted the construction shown in accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bicyclehead with myinvention applied thereto. Fig.

2 is a perspective view of my invention. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views illustrating the manner of applying the luggage-carrier to a bicycle-head.

Myimproved device A is formed of a springwire or metal strip and is distinguished by three principal bends or open loopsto wit, two vertical parallel end loops a and a central horizontal loop 79, which is in a plane below the others, a, as shown. The terminal portions or arms of the end loops at are pendcut and extend below the plane of the central loop 19, being provided with hooks a for convenient attachment of cords used to suspend luggage or other articles.

It will'be noted the vertical end loops at a and b are connected by means of arms extending horizontally between them, and which, when the device is applied to a bicycle, lie behind and beneath the handle-bar.

When the device A is applied to a bicycle B, (see Fig. 1,) the central loop 17 receives and embraces the head 0 and passes around the front side thereof, while the end loops a pass over the handle-bar cl at contiguous points and their hooked ends a hang below the same, as shown. In order to thus apply the carrier A, one of the end loops a is passed over one end of the handle-bar d, as shown in Fig. 3. Then the device is pushed along, so that the other end loop a also embraces the handle-bar d, as in Fig. 4, whereupon the device is pushed farther, till the left hook passes beyond the head 0, when the device is turned over, Fig. 5, whereby the central loop 19 passes into place and embraces the head 0 and bears against the front side of the same. vice A will of itself maintain this position and support packages or luggage attached to its hooks a".

It will be observed the end loops a serve to support orsuspend the device A from the handle-bar, and the central loop I) prevents rotation of the device on the handle-bar.

In order to prevent rattle or clatter of the carrier A with the machine, an elastic strap or band C, Fig. 1, may be attached to one of the hooks a and passed behind the bicyclehead 0 and connected with the other hook a, as shown.

What I claim is As an improved article of manufacture, the Wire luggage-carrier hereinbefore described, the same having a central horizontal bend or open loop,for embracing the bicycle head or post, arms extending laterally from such loop, and the vertical loops a, a, formed at the ends of said arms and projecting forward, so as to hang on the handle-bar, and their terminal portions extending downward below the middle loop, and having hooked ends a, as shown.

HAROLD JAMES MANNING (BAKER.

Witnesses:

J. C. SAUNDERS, BROOKES 0. BAKER.

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